Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Dynamics of Patterns Day

26 november 2008

Pattern formation, nonlinear dynamics and systems with multiple scales far from equilibrium are a common denominator within engineering, mathematics, physics and the earth and life sciences. The DoP-days offer a discussion forum across disciplines for current issues in this field.

Location: Trippenhuis (KNAW-building), Amsterdam

Programme:

13:00 - 13:30 Welcome, coffee and tea
13:30 - 14:15 Jonathan Sherratt (Heriot-Watt Univ. Edinburgh, UK) "Defect dynamics in an oscillatory reaction-diffusion equation" 14:15 - 15:00 Martin van Hecke (Univ. Leiden) Flow, "Fluctuations and Vortices in Foams"
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee and tea
15:30 - 16:15 Short talks by PhD students (tba) 16:15 - 17:00 Chris Stolk (Univ. Twente)
17:00 Drinks

More information: CWI website